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SAN DIEGO — Baseball's Winter Meetings invariably consist of a lot of talk and little action. Not this year, though, as the four-day gathering that concluded Thursday at the Manchester Grand Hyatt included 19 transactions that involved 44 players. That isn't even counting some of the deals yet to become official because players still need to undergo physical examinations. Among them are Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp's being traded to the San Diego Padres and free agent right-hander Ervin Santana's signing a four-year, $55 million contract with the Minnesota Twins. There are also more than two months to go before spring training camps open in Arizona...

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SAN DIEGO — Baseball's Winter Meetings invariably consist of a lot of talk and little action.
Not this year, though, as the four-day gathering that concluded Thursday at the Manchester Grand Hyatt included 19 transactions that involved 44 players.
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The folks at MyTopSportsbooks.com sent out these odds for the World Series which begins Tuesday night in Kansas City:
Odds to win the World Series:
Giants: 10-11
Royals: 10-11
Odds the World Series is won in:
four games: 6-1
five games: 3-1
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BALTIMORE — The rain-soaked crowd at Camden Yards had waited long enough for this moment — Baltimore's first American League Championship Series game in 17 years — so when Game 1 of the ALCS went to extra innings, few seats were vacated as the clock hit...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Go figure.No team in the majors hit fewer home runs this season than Kansas City, but as Royals manager Ned Yost said before the game: "We have some guys that can hit the ball out of the ballpark."One of those guys is third...

This was not the kind of start the Phillies were expecting to get from Cole Hamels or their bullpen. Hamels allowed a career-high eight earned runs and the bullpen again failed to keep the game close in their 9-8 loss ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — A strong hint of cow manure wafted over the back fields at Camelback Ranch on Friday, prompting a White Sox executive to ask head groundskeeper Roger Bossard: "What's that smell?"
Fortunately, the scent was coming from a...

That old, familiar baseball refrain made famous by fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers took on an entirely different meaning for the Kansas City Royals this offseason. No longer was "Wait 'til next year!" the battle cry of a beleaguered franchise...

SURPRISE, Ariz. A few minutes before 11:30 a.m., Eric Hosmer strapped a backpack across his expansive wingspan and sauntered out of the Kansas City Royals clubhouse. He was prepared to occupy a unique place in franchise lore, as the first player under...

Relief pitcher Greg Holland avoided arbitration with the Royals as he agreed to a one-year contract for 2015, the team announced Friday. According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the contract was worth $8.25 million. With Holland's...

As the Royals head to the final stretch of their sizable slate of arbitration cases, they are closing in on a two-year contract with reliever Kelvin Herrera, according to people familiar with the situation. The deal is believed to be worth $4.15...

The Royals continue to complete their housekeeping as they prepare to defend their American League crown, and on Tuesday they settled their arbitration cases with outfielder Lorenzo Cain, who agreed to a $2.75 million contract for 2015, and third...

SAN FRANCISCO — We can only imagine the uproar Babe Ruth's "Called Shot" home run at Wrigley Field would have created if Twitter had been around during the 1932 World Series.Instead, we'll have to settle for the silly controversy surrounding a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mike Moustakas smoked a double inside the right-field line, opening the flood gates.
Nori Aoki slapped a single through the left side, Lorenzo Cain dropped a bloop hit into center and Eric Hosmer bounced a double over a drawn-in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Worst to first: Royals hitting coach Dale Sveum is enjoying the Series' atmosphere after being fired as Cubs manager one year ago with a year remaining on his three-year contract.
"You get fired and end up in the place like...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez hit a two-run double and Omar Infante belted a two-run homer in a five-run sixth inning, and the Kansas City Royals defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 Wednesday night to even the World Series at one game apiece.
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If a movie is to be made of the incredible saga of the 2014 Kansas City Royals, the role of Ned Yost would have to be played by an actor like Steve Carell, someone adept at playing a bumbling idiot.
"Kansas City and the Terrible, Horrible, No...

The Kansas City Royals would not be here without James Shields. They bet big on him, in one of the most criticized trades in recent memory, and they won. No pitcher in the major leagues started more games this season, and the Royals got into the playoffs,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The formula worked well for the Kansas City Royals all season: Get a lead late and let the bullpen hold it.
It worked to perfection Tuesday night.
Pinch runner Jarrod Dyson scored the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, and Kansas...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Heavy rains Monday did what the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles (so far) have failed to do -- slow down the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals, who won their first six playoff games, and Orioles were rained out...

The rain-soaked sellout crowd at Camden Yards had waited long enough for this moment — Baltimore's first American League Championship Series game in 17 years — so when Game 1 went to extra innings, few seats were vacated as the clock hit midnight.
They...